Cellulose container



June 13, 1933. LERMER 1,913,839

CELLULOSE CONTAINER Filed March 4, 1,951

ATTORNEY Patented June 13, 1933 UNITED STATES. PATENT OFFICE HERMAN IB. LERMER, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOB TO HYGIENIO TUBE COMPANY, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY CELLULOSE CONTAINER Application filed March 4, 1931. Serial No. 519,954.

This invention relates to containers made of cellulose compounds, and more particularly to means for enhancing the attractiveness and the commercial value of such containers.

Cellulose compound containers are made transparent and opaque, and in various colors. These containers are extensively used for merchandizing pastes, cosmetics and similar products, and it is desirable to print directly on the container the trade name of the product and other information.

The use of paper labels and the like on cellulose compound containers is unsatisfactory in that the usual adhesives for paper labels do not adhere to the cellulose compound, with the result that the adhesive becomes dry and. the labels fall from the containers. It has'also been found objectionable to secure paper labels to containers by means of rubber bands.

It is an objectof this invention to provide means for increasing the attractiveness of cellulose compound containers.

A. further object is the provision of a band on a cellulose compound container, which band may form substantially a permanent part of and be of a difierent color from that of the container, and adapted to bear the trade name and other printed matter rel-ating to the contents.

These and other advantageous objects, which will later appear, are accomplished by the simple and practical method hereinafter described and exhibited in the accompanying drawing, forming part hereof, and

in which:

' The figure represents a view of 21 container, embodying the invention.

In the drawing is shown a container 1, made of a cellulose compound, such as cellulose acetate, pyroxylin, etc., which may be transparent or opaque, and of various colors. Formed onto the container is a band 2 which is opaque and of a different color from'the color of the container. The trade name and other information may be printed on the band 2.

The band 2 may be made of enamel, or a cellulose compound, and formed on the conthe attractiveness and commercial value of tainer by printing, or by any well known manner, such as s1 raying the enamel or cellulose compound onto the container, after which the trade name, or the like, of the product may be printed on the band.

The enamel bands adhere firmly to the cellulose compound container and there is no danger of such bands falling off as is the case when paper bands and the like are affixed by means of adhesives. Also, the enamel provides a smooth glossy surface in consonance with the cellulose compound in appearance.

When the band is made of a cellulose compound, the band becomes substantially an integral part of the container as the cellulose compound of the bandis in the nature of a solvent of the cellulose compound of the container.

Also, a perfume may be incorporated in the band to produce a pleasing odor when the goods are displayed to a purchaser. The band may be given not only the odors of popular perfumes, but also the odors or aroma of the product carried by the container.

It is readily seen that by means of the ar rangement described herein, exceedingly attractive color effects may be obtained with cellulose compound containers. For example, with a transparent pink container carrying a .white paste, an unusual effect is obtained by attaching an o aque light green band to the container. Klso, the opaque band enables the printed matter in a difierent color, to be effectively displayed.

It is obvious that it is within the spirit of the invention to apply opaque bands or areas to transparent containers of the same 0 color; or opaque bands of one color to opaque containers of a different color.

While the drawing shows but one band applied to a container, it is obvious that a plurality of bands may be used, and the bands may be of various sizes and artistic shapes, and may completely or partly encircle the container.

From the above description, it is seen that cellulose compound containers may be con siderably increased.

The bands are in the nature of areas of opaque substances applied substantially permanently to the cellulose compound containers, and in the case of a cellulose compound band, the band becomes an integral part of the container, in contradistinction to the usual paper bands or labels, which are unsatisfactorily afiixed to cellulose compound containersby means of adhesives and the like.

My invention enables cellulose compound containers to be delivered to a manufacturer of pastes, cosmetics, and the like, with the trade name and other printed matter permanently applied thereto so that it is not necessary for the manufacturer to apply labels or do more than fill the containers with his product.

The foregoing disclosure is to be regarded as descriptive and illustrative only, and not as restrictive or lilnitative-of the invention, of which obviously an embodiment may be constructed including many modifications Without departing from the general scope herein indicated and denoted in the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

The method of labelling a container made of a cellulose compound of a glven color, comprising uniting lntegrally an opaque area of a cellulose compound of a different color to the container and then printing on said opaque area.

This specification signed this 26th day of February, 1931.

HERMAN B. LERMER. 

